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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

6 recommendations to CFPB regarding alternative data

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Thursday, May. 18, 2017, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau takes a closer look at alternative data, the American Bankers Association delivered an eight-page comment letter containing a half dozen suggestions about the current and potential use of alternative data and modeling techniques in ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty revamps online Dealer Portal

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Thursday, May. 18, 2017, 03:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, this week released Dealer Portal 2.0 — the latest enhancement to GWC’s online e-contracting platform. The company indicated Dealer Portal 2.0 introduces to ... [Read More]

Auto finance helps to push total consumer debt to new high

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Thursday, May. 18, 2017, 01:20 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Even as TransUnion noted that auto finance origination volume appears to be losing a little steam, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Household Debt and Credit Report released on Wednesday showed how the balances consumers are absorbing for their ... [Read More]

PayLink Direct & Omnisure Group complete merger

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2017, 03:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PayLink Direct and Omnisure Group, two specialty finance and vehicle service contracts, recently merged to create one of the largest VSC payment plan providers in the United States. Rebecca Howard, co-founder and chief executive officer of PayLink Direct, and Paul ... [Read More]

Black Book unveils next generation ValuEngine platform

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2017, 03:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Wednesday, Black Book introduced its next generation ValuEngine platform with what the firm described as a new, easy-to-navigate web interface. Black Book reiterated ValuEngine is a real-time collateral valuation tool allowing automotive industry professionals, finance companies, OEMs and dealers the ability ... [Read More]

Largest sequential auto default drop in 5 years

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2017, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As analysts discussed how commercial banks are viewing auto financing, they also spotted the largest sequential drop in the auto segment of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices in five years. S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released its latest ... [Read More]

Seasonal factors trigger March auto ABS improvements

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Tuesday, May. 16, 2017, 01:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings confirmed that typical seasonal impacts helped collateral performance in the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors to improve in March relative to February. Analysts indicated in their latest report that losses, delinquencies and recoveries ... [Read More]

SCUSA explains how it’s handling ongoing risk

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Monday, May. 15, 2017, 03:27 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
So far this year, a wide array of investment analysts are asking finance companies that bring in any non-prime or subprime paper about their current risk appetite. Another occasion came when Santander Consumer USA hosted its quarterly conference call recently, ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance’s risk appetite generates $20M net-income rise

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Thursday, May. 11, 2017, 02:31 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Credit Acceptance Corp. appears well aware of the risk the finance company is taking as installment contract dollar amounts as well as terms keep growing. But that risk is certainly paying off — literally — as the company’s first quarter ... [Read More]

S&P pinpoints 2 main risk areas in auto finance

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Thursday, May. 11, 2017, 02:26 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
S&P Global Ratings recently considered what two specific areas contain the most risk since loosening underwriting resulted in U.S. auto loans and leases rising steadily over the past several years to reach all-time highs in 2016. With more than $1 ... [Read More]
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